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einem sem @me entre HORACE n. HOLMES, 0E ELMIRA, NEW YoEKfAss'IGNoR' ToEins-ELE, J. D. DAL-E, IRA s. BEEEs, AND J. H.- DALE.

Letters lPatent No. 99,318, dat-ed .February 11,1870.

' :MPROVBD RAILWAY-CAR VRrrunczm 4The Schedulewxeferred in LettersPatent andnsaking part of the same.

Be it known that I, HBCE H. HOLMES, of-tll'e i I city of Elmira, countyof Cheuiungg and State 'ofrliewA AYork, -have invented a new-and usefulDevice forPut-' the-,following is a full and exact description oftheoon..-a struction and operation vot' the4 same, lre1,`eren'ce being`hadto theannexed drawings, making part of this spec-.'.

riticstion, in'whieh Figni'e 1 is a perspective of switch as it is used.

Figure 2 is a plan ofthe same.

' Figure 3 is a view'oi'l rail, v with swivel. y

Figure 4 is a vie".7 ofthe end of wedge and rail. 'lo enable othersskilled in the "art to make and use my inventioml will proceed .todescribe its oonstruet-ion and operation. v l 1 make tivo wedges, A A',shown in g. 1, of about two feet in length and eight inches in width, ofwood or other material, so as to put them between the truckwlreels ot'acar; '.lhey nre covered with iron, C C, figs. 1, 2, and 4, of suitablethickness, and o'fpsullieient strength to sustain the weight.

I use one plane wedge, A', on the inside of track, for the ilange ofthecar-wheel to run on, and in thickness'I make it halfen inch lower thanthe top of the track when it is in place, thus vpreventing the wheelfrom runningover und ofi ou the other s ide ofthe track, which is liableto happen to other arrangements used for the same' purpose. The otherwedge, A, figs. l and 2, is made as thick as the rail is high', and ofthe same length as A'.

I place wedge A onthe outside of rail vor track, and against the same.

Wedge A is .provided with an adjustable ra-il,B, figs. l and 2, thickenough vfor the tread of; the wheelto :the tracklwithont ditiiculty.' vy j ',Lowerjend of rail B is.chamfered,wl1ile the upper fendis providedwith a swivehl), shown-in iisxl, 3, and 4,`witha flange, li F, iig. 4,projecting down, that fitsthe track, and by turning it from one side tothe other of wedge A, it'esn lbe used on eitherthe-right or left sideot' track, so that the same device may be' used to replace -zrcar upon4the track, no mutter whether it is upon the iight or left. At'th'ecent-re of ruil B, is a bolt, E, that secures it to wedge A, and issutliciently free to allow it to be moved from one side of wedge A .tothe other, so that vit may beus'ed either right or left.

The'swivel D,-h'gs. 2, 3, and4, hzt'sauges F F, g. 4, which projectdown, and t track, preventingr adjustable rail from moving while thelwheels are being drawnlon or replacedl uponthe track.

It will be seen thata ear, in this way, can be putupou the track in afew moment-s.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A portable switch or car-replacer, composed of a wooden wedge, A,covered on both sides' with sheet-- metzil, and provided with thepit'oted'lail B and swivel D, attached thereto, all constructed andarranged .to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

2. 1n combination with the above, the wedge A,

'Witnessesz H. L. WYMsrX, u `G. L. FORD.

Adjustable rail B guides the wheels orthe trncklon

